Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.

Bronze

• Gheorghe Fiat
  Gheorghe Fiat
  Gheorge Fiat was a boxer from Romania. He was born in Reşiţa, Romania.He competed for Romania in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the lightweight event where he finished in third place....
  
   — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group C)
• Lost to Canada (51-72)
• Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place

Cycling

Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Constantin Stanescu — 5:20:01.4 (→ 29th place)
• Marin Niculescu — 5:23:34.1 (→ 41st place)
• Victor Georgescu — 5:24:27.5 (→ 44th place)
• Petre Nuş — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Ion Ionita
• Final — 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Ion Ionita — 25th place

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 23, 1952 to July 24, 1952. 61 fencers from 25 nations competed.-Results:...

• Vasile Chelaru
  Vasile Chelaru
  Vasile Chelaru is a Romanian fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Nicolae Marinescu
  Nicolae Marinescu
  Nicolae Marinescu was a Romanian fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Andrei Vîlcea

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 21, 1952 to July 22, 1952...

• Andrei Vîlcea, Ilie Tudor
  Ilie Tudor
  Ilie Tudor is a Romanian Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Nicolae Marinescu
  Nicolae Marinescu
  Nicolae Marinescu was a Romanian fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Vasile Chelaru
  Vasile Chelaru
  Vasile Chelaru is a Romanian fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 27, 1952 to July 28, 1952. 76 fencers from 29 nations competed.-Results:...

• Nicolae Marinescu
  Nicolae Marinescu
  Nicolae Marinescu was a Romanian fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Vasile Chelaru
  Vasile Chelaru
  Vasile Chelaru is a Romanian fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Zoltan Uray
  Zoltan Uray
  Zoltan Uray is a Romanian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 31, 1952 to August 1, 1952. 66 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Adalbert Gurath, Sr.
  Adalbert Gurath, Sr.
  Adalbert Gurath, Sr. was a Romanian fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. His son, Adalbert Gurath, Jr., also represented Romania in fencing at the Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Ilie Tudor
  Ilie Tudor
  Ilie Tudor is a Romanian Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Ion Santo

Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 29, 1952 to July 30, 1952...

• Andrei Vîlcea, Ion Santo, Ilie Tudor
  Ilie Tudor
  Ilie Tudor is a Romanian Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Mihai Kokossy
  Mihai Kokossy
  Mihai Kokossy was a Romanian fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...